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The creation of the Indian Reform Association in 1870 led to the passage of the Indian Marriage Act in 1872, which legalized inter-caste marriage.

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Brahmo Samaj reformed Indian society by speaking out against social-evils like sati, child marriage etc. Through education they instilled in the masses that such practices were wrong.

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Abolishing sati and giving women property inheritance rights

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Abolishing sati and giving women property inheritance rights

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Raja ram mohan actively influenced the then-Governor General of British India to pass the infamous Regulation XVII in 1829, which declared Sati to be unlawful and subject to legal punishment. Raja Ram Mohan Roy enthusiastically supported India's adoption of western education.

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Abolishing sati and giving women property inheritance rights

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Abolishing sati and giving women property inheritance rights

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And as a result, he established himself as a pioneer of modern journalism and English education in India. He was the creator and editor of the "Samvad Kaumudi," a Bengali periodical.

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Movivation - Sati, property inheritance rights

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Movivation - Sati, property inheritance rights

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He had witnessed how his older brother's wife was forced into performing Sati. His effort against Sati triggered the orthodox Hindus' hostility, who staunchly opposed him. Ram Mohan Roy understood that the dreadful status of Hindu women contributed to the practise of Sati. He favoured ending adultery. Educating women, and granting them the right to inherit property.educated and given the right to inherit property.

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Brahmo Samaj attacked superstitions. It doomed the prevailing Hindu opinion against going abroad. The Samaj doomed practice of Sati (burning of widows), discouraged child marriage, and fought for widow remarriage.

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Another of Roy's main reform was setting up the Brahmo Samaj in 1828. It is considered to be one of India's first socio-religious reform.

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One of Roy's main reform was demanding and getting property inheritance rights for women.

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Ram Mohan Roy FRAS was an Indian reformer who was one of the founders of the Brahmo Sabha in 1828, the precursor of the Brahmo Samaj, a social-religious reform movement in the Indian subcontinent. He was given the title of Raja by Akbar II, the Mughal emperor.